"It's everything it's the place that you have to start, it's having a door to lock at night, it's having your own bathroom it's having your own space," said Mike Gawliuk of CMHA Kelowna.

Global News reached out to local Councillor Bob Kwapis, who acknowledged the frustration that people in the neighbourhood are feeling "when enforcement officers are called in to respond to complaints in the area."

More funding for affordable housing is being provided for five Saskatchewan communities.